September 1, 1941 (4 pages)

NEVADA CITY NUGGET MONDAY, SEPTEMBER . , 1941. Page Two Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. \ j o H. M. LEETE Editor and Publisher Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered as mail matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES “One year (In Advance) .-..-...--+--+----$3.00 30 cents One Month MEDICAL CIRCUIT RIDER America wa’? shocled when doctor's reports on recruits came through in the first World War. People were so used to thinking of Americans as the soundest, healthiest people on earth that they could scarcely believe so-many things could ail the cream of the crop, American young manhood. After 20 years of child health conferences and ~ school health programs, authorized by legislation in 1921, America is shocked once more to find that the physical _ condition of draftees now underroing army examinations is not vastly better than the medical charts indicate. Public health facilities are pretty generally available throughout the country, and yet. according to Dr. Amos U. “Christie of the University of California Medical School, only C 37 per cent of pre-school children in rural areas have had even . a single health examination. Among city children, 5] per cent thave had the advantage of medical examinations. Recommended by Dr. Christie for the welfare of our youngsters are more health conferences in which parents as well as physicians and nurses are taught the latest technique of child care, to be stressed particularly in rural communities. New on the provram of child health is a “pediatric circuit rider,” a role which will take Dr. Sydney Sinclair also of the University Medical School, all over California to act as consultant for county medical societies, physicians and groups involved in the care of children—a program which will be endorsed by every parent in the state-—Contributed. DOG ETIQUETTE In Denver. Colorado. a grocer who knows both dogs and human beings installed hitching—posts for dogs outside his store. He put leashes on the posts long enough so the dogs were comfortably tethered. but short enough so they couldn't get near enough each other to scrav. And he put locks on the leashes, so that fine breeds as well as mutts would be safe while their owners shopped. That grocer must have pleased many citizens who owned dogs and a great many more who didn’t. For however much we love our dogs. they don’t belong in grocery stores, nuzzling the fruits and vegetables and shedding hair indiscriminately, however unintentionally. sf In New York, and unfortunately in only a very few other cities, street signs warn strollers, “Curb Your Dog.”’ It is a reminder to the owners who doesn’t think enough of his pet to NEVADA CITY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Entitled: ‘Christian Science, Its Answer to Human Problems” By PETER V. ROSS, C. S. B. est 343% . , 2 toate ee he ah ~~ teat o yey ete te mS teste ate ste ste shasta she stestestestestest a ie Re he ie ee ee Re ae eS KY Of San Francisco, California , : Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Chureh of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941 es At Eight O'Clock ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Corner Main and Cottage Streets The Public [s Cordially Invited To Attend * A HANDY CHECKING ACCOUNT 1S YOUR BEST RECEIPT FOR BILLS! Open your checking account at Bank of America, No minimum balance is required. NEVADA CITY Bark of America NATIONAL TRYS33 ASSOCIATION MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT: INSURANCE CORPORATION . MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM * train it properly that he’d better keep the little chap on his own premises until he can teach him sidewalk decorum. : A cleaner rleasanter community might result locally if such hints were to be taken seriously here. And if organizations interested in putting our best foot forward both for the benefit of local folk and for visitors among us, don’t push the idea as a good one, we'll be surprised.—Contributed. A CASE FOR THE PARSON A man who doesn’t marry is 40 per cent more likely to. die before 65 and 9 times more susceptible to mental disease than if he were someone’s husband, says Ruth Arrel in a magazine article quoting life insurance statistics. _ A woman who stays single is 2] per cent more likely to die before 65 and 30 per cent more likely to meet with a fatal accident than her married sister. If your boy friend hesitates to propose or your girl friend is reluctant, perhaps quoting statistics like those may help to. tip the scales in favor of Cupid.—Contributed. { —_ Just Wonpneroinw ] wonder if we are awake, Or: are we smugly sleeping While nearer to our sacred shores The flames of war are sweeping. I wonder why Ameriga is not fully awake and why each individual:is not on alert. Can it be that we have been lulled into a state of insecurity by the soothing syrup of ‘National Security”, the pao of “Appeasement” and other cloying nostrums. compounded and administered by worthy senators, excolonels, et al? Surely the time is past for mental anesthetics, wishful thinking and ostrichizine, or listening to the siren voices of isolationists and for cryin’. ‘peace, peace,” when there is no peace. Herculean tasks confront our present day. world, and America cannot evade her destiny. In this time of national emergency. Frankling D. Roosevelt is our duely elected leader. He is the Commander in Chief of both armv and navy and if we are wise, we will place no stumbline blocks in his pathway. His knowledge is of necessity. greater than our own, for to him all sources of information are available. Then too, he has the advantage of consultation with the informed minds of the day. If we cannot trust his leadershin is critical time, we are as lost sheep bleat‘ne in the wilderness and that fact should be clearly patent to =verv normal mind. We couldn't live in a Nazi dominated world and_ yet, world domination is the goal of Hitler’s mad ambition. Read Mein Kamnf—look in the book and see. Many of his diabolical plans have already been put into effect, and it is his purpose to build creater war machines and train vaster armies capable of inflicting infernal horror and destruction upon every land which stands in his way. In order that his criminal system may be perpetuated, German’ children are carefully drilled in the black arts of hatred and violence from the time, ‘when as mere infants. they first gurgle “'goo-t, goo-t’’ over a howl of steaming cruel. This monster must be stopped, and if Encland's strength is insufficient for the task, if she falters and seems powerless to save her island, fortress, one cannot doubt that “her claymore shall cleave to our hand.” The mad fiend of Berlin must be destroyed, his utterly’ evil philosonhy of life driven from the minds of men and the sorrow he has caused, assuaged. How can America isolate herself from these stupendous tasks? How can any true man or woman refuse to join the march to victory? I wonder if little Japan is trying to demonstrate isolation to the world. She might have been a respected member of a friendly eroun of nations had she not chosen to espouse the role of Pacific ocean nuisance. number one. Her dear friend, Mussolini is nractically horse de combat and boss man Hitler is very. very busy—yes. in a world where the word isolation is fast becomeing obsolete, Japan seems destined ‘to at least, look the part. Uncle Silas says: “‘I like crab meat, but.if the Japanese can’t furnish it, I'll iust go over to the lake in the diggings and ratch me some cat fish for dinner.—A. Merriam Conner. pe es CRUSHED ROAD ROCK Concr.te. Material : Pea Gravel Brick Building Rock Fill Material Grass Valley Rock and Sand Grass Valley Phone 45 MALE INSTRUCTION — Ambitious men who would like to become expert Welders. We will train you quickly in spare hours to qualify for jobs in Aircraft, Shipbuilding and other essential industries. Men trained in gas and arc. weldind have steady work, top wages. Training includes actual shop practice. Also placement service. Write for facts. Utilities Inst., Box 655 care Nugget. 8-14-2tp EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent 'r Sale. Authorized Phileo Auto Radio Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL —Specialists in Radio Ills, 112 South Church Street, Grass Valley. Phone 984. 2-19¢8 WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals, round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch and Clock repairing. With Ray's Fixit Shop, New lacation.109 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-1tf ‘ASPHALT JOBS Plant mix road jobs. Oil road jobs. Parking areas and. patching. Grass Valley 8-21-tf GRASS VALLEY ROCK AND SAND 7 Bank Street Phone 45 NEVADA CITY FRATERNAL AND CLUB DIRECTORY No Trespassing, For Rent, Rooms. for Rent and For Sale Placards on: Sale At The Nugget Office. RAE TE Factory Specified Engine Tune-Up and Steering and Front End Alignment Equipment @ . ‘STUDEBAKER + PONTIAC Sales and Service 3 . Service Garage W. S. Williamson, Prop. Cor. Pine and Spring Phone 106 PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY NEVADA CITY DENTISTS — te DR. JOHN R. BELL DENTIST Office Hours: 8:30 to 6:30 Evenings by Appointment Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 DOCTORS ~B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street ‘ffice Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p. m. Evenings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY W. W. REED, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Nevada City, Calif. Office 418 Broad Street Hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence Phone 2. Office Phone 362 ATTORNEYS HARRY M. McKEE ATTORNEY AT LAW 205 Pine St., oppo-ite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. FRANK G. FINNEGAN ATTORNEY AT -LAW 207 North Pine Street Nevada City, California -————Petephone 273 WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB Regular meetings. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, at the Chamber of Commerce, 2:30 p. m. MRS. W. P. SAWYER, Pres. . MRS. RICHARD GOYNE, Secy. . NEVADA CITY LODGE, No. 518 B&B. P. O. ELKS Meets every Thursday evening in Elks Home, Pine St, Phone 108 Visiting Elks welcome. J. C. SCHEEMER, Exalted Ruler. HARRISON RANDALL, See HYDRAULIC PARLOR NO. 56, N. S. G. W. Meets every Tuesday evenins at Pythian Castle, 232 Broad Street Visiting Native Sons welcome, ROBERT TUCKER, Pres DR. C. W. CHAPMAN, Rec. Sec’y OUSTOMAH LODGE, No. 16, I. O, O. F. Meets ever Tuesday evening at 7:30, Odd Fellows Hall, EARL WOODRUFF, N. G, JONOTHAN PASCOE Rec. Sec’y. JOHN W. DARKE, Fin. Sec'y. H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Building Broad Street Nevada City.) Telephone 2% FUNERAL DIRECTORS HOLMES FUNERAL HO The Holmes Funeral Home service is priced within the means of all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 246 Sacramento St. Nevada City ASSAYER HAL D. DRAPER, Ph. D. ASSAYER AND CONSULTING CHEMIST Nevada City, California Phones: Office 364. Home 246-. Box 743 MUSIC — GLADYS WILSON TEACHER OF PIANO Nevada City ‘58 Alexander St. Phone 434-J Grass Valley Phone 444 ‘29 Henderson St. MINING ENGINEERS are armed’ with eight (and in later versions twelve) .30 caliber machine guns mounted in the wings. Admiral Towers’ argument seems to us to be a sound one. Certainly, six .50 caliber guns are just as ‘efFIGHTING PLANE ADMIRAL TELLS fective, if not more so, than. eight .80 caliber guns, for the superior striking power and range of the forthe. mer overbalance the higher ‘rate of war overseas, there ha&S become enfire of the latter. And there is bound trenched in the public mind the be-. t© be some ceiling to the amount of lief that the fighting plane carrying. 8US that can be piled ino a fast the greates number of machine guns . fighting Plane. For speed, maneuand cannons is, ipso facto, the best . Verability and sturdiness are still fighting airplane. mighty important. The contention -seems _ logical enough, But at least one man who OF FIRE POWER Fostered by developments in That American naval aircraft have those three attributes is being estabknows what he is talking about aris-’ es to differ with this view. Lets listen to Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Navy’s Bureau cf Aeronautics. “There seems to be some misapprehension to the effect that the number of guns a plane carries determines its fire power. “We in the U. S. Navy at least, are more interested in how much lead one of our planes can throw in a second than in the number of cannon or machine guns sticking out of Ate" Admiral Towers goes on to cite some of the newer U. S. shipboard fighters—like the Grumman single seaters which are standard equipment on our. aircraft which can “fire twice as much, lead into an enemy plane as the British Spitfire.” 495 Branches united for strength and service ae aa be The Pd armament of he Grummans 3 a2 naval secret. But the Spitfires carriers—. , lished eyond question by their exfploits in actual combat. For instance, the export version of the Grumman F4F-3—called the Hartlet in England—is credited by , the authoritative London magazine, “The Aeroplane?’ with being the fastest plane in service with the British Meet Air Arm, as Another American fighter -——the Brewster — has been assignied the task of guarding Singapore, And the feats of Consolidated flying ‘boats in remaining on patrol for three days at a time have proved the value of ithe long range patrol bombers developed by our Navy. WALKS TO TOWN IN PAJAMAS Tommy Mosher of the Gold. Flat section made the mistake of walking to town after tobacco wearing his pajamas. Mosher was taken into custody by local o‘ficers and placed in: the city jail. ¢ and LATEST PATTERNS IN WALL PAPER % John W. Darke 109-J Phones 109-M FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 393s' ce) We would like the people of Nevada City to know that we have a Fuel Yard large enough to supply both Grass Valley and Nevada City — and that first consideration is given to quality, quantity, service and low prices to both towns. e Manager of BONDS FUEL CO. 149 Park Ave. Phone 47€ @ bie. iB . seal, sn encemmeere a . ers hin di ae For. VENETIAN BLINDS'. J. F. O°;CONNOR Mining and -Civi Engineer United States Mineral Surveying Licensed Surveyor 203 West Main St. Grass Valley GRASS VALLEY DENTISTS DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER DENTIST X-RAY Facilities Available Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening appointments. 12014 Mill Street. Phone 77 Grass Valley, Calif, DR. H. H. KEENE DENTAL SURGEON 1 to 5. Sundays and Bvenings by appointment. 143% Mill St., Grass Valley, Calif, Hours: Phone 996 DOCTORS aren CARL POWER JONES MD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 1 to a 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S, F. TOBIAS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 214 Neal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-3 and 7-8 Phone: Office 429. Residence 1042 DANIEL L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offices and Receiving Hospital, 318 Bush St, Hours: 10-12; 2-5, even gs 7-8 P.M. Day or night phone 71, op Printine.? GET YOURS AT a THE NUQQET ete pa

NEVADA CITY NUGGET MONDAY, SEPTEMBER . , 1941. Page Two Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street. Phone 36. A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. \ j o H. M. LEETE Editor and Publisher Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered as mail matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES “One year (In Advance) .-...-.....--+--+----$3.00 30 cents One Month MEDICAL CIRCUIT RIDER America wa’? shocled when doctor's reports on recruits came through in the first World War. People were so used to thinking of Americans as the soundest, healthiest people on earth that they could scarcely believe so-many things could ail the cream of the crop, American young manhood. After 20 years of child health conferences and ~ school health programs, authorized by legislation in 1921, America is shocked once more to find that the physical _ condition of draftees now underroing army examinations is not vastly better than the medical charts indicate. Public health facilities are pretty generally available throughout the country, and yet. according to Dr. Amos U. “Christie of the University of California Medical School, only C 37 per cent of pre-school children in rural areas have had even . a single health examination. Among city children, 5] per cent thave had the advantage of medical examinations. Recommended by Dr. Christie for the welfare of our youngsters are more health conferences in which parents as well as physicians and nurses are taught the latest technique of child care, to be stressed particularly in rural communities. New on the provram of child health is a “pediatric circuit rider,” a role which will take Dr. Sydney Sinclair also of the University Medical School, all over California to act as consultant for county medical societies, physicians and groups involved in the care of children—a program which will be endorsed by every parent in the state-—Contributed. DOG ETIQUETTE In Denver. Colorado. a grocer who knows both dogs and human beings installed hitching—posts for dogs outside his store. He put leashes on the posts long enough so the dogs were comfortably tethered. but short enough so they couldn't get near enough each other to scrav. And he put locks on the leashes, so that fine breeds as well as mutts would be safe while their owners shopped. That grocer must have pleased many citizens who owned dogs and a great many more who didn’t. For however much we love our dogs. they don’t belong in grocery stores, nuzzling the fruits and vegetables and shedding hair indiscriminately, however unintentionally. sf In New York, and unfortunately in only a very few other cities, street signs warn strollers, “Curb Your Dog.”’ It is a reminder to the owners who doesn’t think enough of his pet to NEVADA CITY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Entitled: ‘Christian Science, Its Answer to Human Problems” By PETER V. ROSS, C. S. B. est 343% . , 2 toate ee he ah ~~ teat o yey ete te mS teste ate ste ste shasta she stestestestestest a ie Re he ie ee ee Re ae eS KY Of San Francisco, California , : Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Chureh of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941 es At Eight O'Clock ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Corner Main and Cottage Streets The Public [s Cordially Invited To Attend * A HANDY CHECKING ACCOUNT 1S YOUR BEST RECEIPT FOR BILLS! Open your checking account at Bank of America, No minimum balance is required. NEVADA CITY Bark of America NATIONAL TRYS33 ASSOCIATION MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT: INSURANCE CORPORATION . MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM * train it properly that he’d better keep the little chap on his own premises until he can teach him sidewalk decorum. : A cleaner rleasanter community might result locally if such hints were to be taken seriously here. And if organizations interested in putting our best foot forward both for the benefit of local folk and for visitors among us, don’t push the idea as a good one, we'll be surprised.—Contributed. A CASE FOR THE PARSON A man who doesn’t marry is 40 per cent more likely to. die before 65 and 9 times more susceptible to mental disease than if he were someone’s husband, says Ruth Arrel in a magazine article quoting life insurance statistics. _ A woman who stays single is 2] per cent more likely to die before 65 and 30 per cent more likely to meet with a fatal accident than her married sister. If your boy friend hesitates to propose or your girl friend is reluctant, perhaps quoting statistics like those may help to. tip the scales in favor of Cupid.—Contributed. { —_ Just Wonpneroinw ] wonder if we are awake, Or: are we smugly sleeping While nearer to our sacred shores The flames of war are sweeping. I wonder why Ameriga is not fully awake and why each individual:is not on alert. Can it be that we have been lulled into a state of insecurity by the soothing syrup of ‘National Security”, the pao of “Appeasement” and other cloying nostrums. compounded and administered by worthy senators, excolonels, et al? Surely the time is past for mental anesthetics, wishful thinking and ostrichizine, or listening to the siren voices of isolationists and for cryin’. ‘peace, peace,” when there is no peace. Herculean tasks confront our present day. world, and America cannot evade her destiny. In this time of national emergency. Frankling D. Roosevelt is our duely elected leader. He is the Commander in Chief of both armv and navy and if we are wise, we will place no stumbline blocks in his pathway. His knowledge is of necessity. greater than our own, for to him all sources of information are available. Then too, he has the advantage of consultation with the informed minds of the day. If we cannot trust his leadershin is critical time, we are as lost sheep bleat‘ne in the wilderness and that fact should be clearly patent to =verv normal mind. We couldn't live in a Nazi dominated world and_ yet, world domination is the goal of Hitler’s mad ambition. Read Mein Kamnf—look in the book and see. Many of his diabolical plans have already been put into effect, and it is his purpose to build creater war machines and train vaster armies capable of inflicting infernal horror and destruction upon every land which stands in his way. In order that his criminal system may be perpetuated, German’ children are carefully drilled in the black arts of hatred and violence from the time, ‘when as mere infants. they first gurgle “'goo-t, goo-t’’ over a howl of steaming cruel. This monster must be stopped, and if Encland's strength is insufficient for the task, if she falters and seems powerless to save her island, fortress, one cannot doubt that “her claymore shall cleave to our hand.” The mad fiend of Berlin must be destroyed, his utterly’ evil philosonhy of life driven from the minds of men and the sorrow he has caused, assuaged. How can America isolate herself from these stupendous tasks? How can any true man or woman refuse to join the march to victory? I wonder if little Japan is trying to demonstrate isolation to the world. She might have been a respected member of a friendly eroun of nations had she not chosen to espouse the role of Pacific ocean nuisance. number one. Her dear friend, Mussolini is nractically horse de combat and boss man Hitler is very. very busy—yes. in a world where the word isolation is fast becomeing obsolete, Japan seems destined ‘to at least, look the part. Uncle Silas says: “‘I like crab meat, but.if the Japanese can’t furnish it, I'll iust go over to the lake in the diggings and ratch me some cat fish for dinner.—A. Merriam Conner. pe es CRUSHED ROAD ROCK Concr.te. Material : Pea Gravel Brick Building Rock Fill Material Grass Valley Rock and Sand Grass Valley Phone 45 MALE INSTRUCTION — Ambitious men who would like to become expert Welders. We will train you quickly in spare hours to qualify for jobs in Aircraft, Shipbuilding and other essential industries. Men trained in gas and arc. weldind have steady work, top wages. Training includes actual shop practice. Also placement service. Write for facts. Utilities Inst., Box 655 care Nugget. 8-14-2tp EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING — Loud Speaker Systems for Rent 'r Sale. Authorized Phileo Auto Radio Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL —Specialists in Radio Ills, 112 South Church Street, Grass Valley. Phone 984. 2-19¢8 WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals, round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch and Clock repairing. With Ray's Fixit Shop, New lacation.109 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-1tf ‘ASPHALT JOBS Plant mix road jobs. Oil road jobs. Parking areas and. patching. Grass Valley 8-21-tf GRASS VALLEY ROCK AND SAND 7 Bank Street Phone 45 NEVADA CITY FRATERNAL AND CLUB DIRECTORY No Trespassing, For Rent, Rooms. for Rent and For Sale Placards on: Sale At The Nugget Office. RAE TE Factory Specified Engine Tune-Up and Steering and Front End Alignment Equipment @ . ‘STUDEBAKER + PONTIAC Sales and Service 3 . Service Garage W. S. Williamson, Prop.

Cor. Pine and Spring Phone 106 PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY NEVADA CITY DENTISTS — te DR. JOHN R. BELL DENTIST Office Hours: 8:30 to 6:30 Evenings by Appointment Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phene 321 DOCTORS ~B. W. HUMMELT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 400 Broad Street ‘ffice Hours: 10-12 a. m.; 2-5 p. m. Evenings 7-8. Phone 395 X-RAY W. W. REED, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Nevada City, Calif. Office 418 Broad Street Hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Residence Phone 2. Office Phone 362 ATTORNEYS HARRY M. McKEE ATTORNEY AT LAW 205 Pine St., oppo-ite courthouse Nevada City, Calif. FRANK G. FINNEGAN ATTORNEY AT -LAW 207 North Pine Street Nevada City, California -————Petephone 273 WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB Regular meetings. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, at the Chamber of Commerce, 2:30 p. m. MRS. W. P. SAWYER, Pres. . MRS. RICHARD GOYNE, Secy. . NEVADA CITY LODGE, No. 518 B&B. P. O. ELKS Meets every Thursday evening in Elks Home, Pine St, Phone 108 Visiting Elks welcome. J. C. SCHEEMER, Exalted Ruler. HARRISON RANDALL, See HYDRAULIC PARLOR NO. 56, N. S. G. W. Meets every Tuesday evenins at Pythian Castle, 232 Broad Street Visiting Native Sons welcome, ROBERT TUCKER, Pres DR. C. W. CHAPMAN, Rec. Sec’y OUSTOMAH LODGE, No. 16, I. O, O. F. Meets ever Tuesday evening at 7:30, Odd Fellows Hall, EARL WOODRUFF, N. G, JONOTHAN PASCOE Rec. Sec’y. JOHN W. DARKE, Fin. Sec'y. H. WARD SHELDON ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Building Broad Street Nevada City.) Telephone 2% FUNERAL DIRECTORS HOLMES FUNERAL HO The Holmes Funeral Home service is priced within the means of all. Ambulance service at all hours. Phone 203 246 Sacramento St. Nevada City ASSAYER HAL D. DRAPER, Ph. D. ASSAYER AND CONSULTING CHEMIST Nevada City, California Phones: Office 364. Home 246-. Box 743 MUSIC — GLADYS WILSON TEACHER OF PIANO Nevada City ‘58 Alexander St. Phone 434-J Grass Valley Phone 444 ‘29 Henderson St. MINING ENGINEERS are armed’ with eight (and in later versions twelve) .30 caliber machine guns mounted in the wings. Admiral Towers’ argument seems to us to be a sound one. Certainly, six .50 caliber guns are just as ‘efFIGHTING PLANE ADMIRAL TELLS fective, if not more so, than. eight .80 caliber guns, for the superior striking power and range of the forthe. mer overbalance the higher ‘rate of war overseas, there ha&S become enfire of the latter. And there is bound trenched in the public mind the be-. t© be some ceiling to the amount of lief that the fighting plane carrying. 8US that can be piled ino a fast the greates number of machine guns . fighting Plane. For speed, maneuand cannons is, ipso facto, the best . Verability and sturdiness are still fighting airplane. mighty important. The contention -seems _ logical enough, But at least one man who OF FIRE POWER Fostered by developments in That American naval aircraft have those three attributes is being estabknows what he is talking about aris-’ es to differ with this view. Lets listen to Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Navy’s Bureau cf Aeronautics. “There seems to be some misapprehension to the effect that the number of guns a plane carries determines its fire power. “We in the U. S. Navy at least, are more interested in how much lead one of our planes can throw in a second than in the number of cannon or machine guns sticking out of Ate" Admiral Towers goes on to cite some of the newer U. S. shipboard fighters—like the Grumman single seaters which are standard equipment on our. aircraft which can “fire twice as much, lead into an enemy plane as the British Spitfire.” 495 Branches united for strength and service ae aa be The Pd armament of he Grummans 3 a2 naval secret. But the Spitfires carriers—. , lished eyond question by their exfploits in actual combat. For instance, the export version of the Grumman F4F-3—called the Hartlet in England—is credited by , the authoritative London magazine, “The Aeroplane?’ with being the fastest plane in service with the British Meet Air Arm, as Another American fighter -——the Brewster — has been assignied the task of guarding Singapore, And the feats of Consolidated flying ‘boats in remaining on patrol for three days at a time have proved the value of ithe long range patrol bombers developed by our Navy. WALKS TO TOWN IN PAJAMAS Tommy Mosher of the Gold. Flat section made the mistake of walking to town after tobacco wearing his pajamas. Mosher was taken into custody by local o‘ficers and placed in: the city jail. ¢ and LATEST PATTERNS IN WALL PAPER % John W. Darke 109-J Phones 109-M FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE DRIVE IN FOOD PALACE Groceries, Fruit and Vegetables Beer and Wine COR. YORK AND COMMERCIAL STREETS NEVADA CITY, PHONE 393s' ce) We would like the people of Nevada City to know that we have a Fuel Yard large enough to supply both Grass Valley and Nevada City — and that first consideration is given to quality, quantity, service and low prices to both towns. e Manager of BONDS FUEL CO. 149 Park Ave. Phone 47€ @ bie. iB . seal, sn encemmeere a . ers hin di ae For. VENETIAN BLINDS'. J. F. O°;CONNOR Mining and -Civi Engineer United States Mineral Surveying Licensed Surveyor 203 West Main St. Grass Valley GRASS VALLEY DENTISTS DR. ROBT. W. DETTNER DENTIST X-RAY Facilities Available Hours: 9:00-5:00. Evening appointments. 12014 Mill Street. Phone 77 Grass Valley, Calif, DR. H. H. KEENE DENTAL SURGEON 1 to 5. Sundays and Bvenings by appointment. 143% Mill St., Grass Valley, Calif, Hours: Phone 996 DOCTORS aren CARL POWER JONES MD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 1 to a 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays 11:30 to 12:30 129 South Auburn St., Grass Valley S, F. TOBIAS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 214 Neal St., Grass Valley Office Hours: 12-3 and 7-8 Phone: Office 429. Residence 1042 DANIEL L. HIRSCH, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offices and Receiving Hospital, 318 Bush St, Hours: 10-12; 2-5, even gs 7-8 P.M. Day or night phone 71, op Printine.? GET YOURS AT a THE NUQQET ete pa